Iran Mobilizes Forces to Help Earthquake Victims

Iran Mobilizes Forces to Help Earthquake Victims

Iran Mobilizes Forces to Help Earthquake Victims

Tehran, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) The Iranian authorities mobilized all their forces and facilities to help those affected by the earthquake on Sunday in the western part of the country, local media reported today.

President Hasan Rohani stressed that one hour after the earthquake, a crisis management center headed by Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli was set up to deal with recovery and rescue tasks.

All forces and facilities are mobilized to save lives and remove debris where victims may be found.

Rohani said that provisions were set in order to undertake as quickly as possible the search and rescue process for people who might be under the remains of buildings.

So far, the quake left a toll of some 413 deaths and more than 7,000 injured, according to the National Disaster Management Organization.

The tremor and its aftershocks shook 14 Iranian provinces and the first of these telluric movements of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale, was felt in almost all the Middle East, from Lebanon to Kuwait, according to specialized agencies.

A report by the US Geological Survey stated that the earthquake occurred at 20:18 Sunday, with an epicenter 32 kilometers southwest of Halabja, in the northeastern part of Iraq, and at a depth of 33.9 kilometers.

Shortly after the first earthquake, the American institute detected another of magnitude 4.5 on the same scale, in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iranian province of Kermanshah.

Some villages of that region of the Persian country suffered power cuts.

The Iranian Red Crescent, the Islamic Revolution Guardian Corps, and the Persian Army sent personnel to support the damaged people and areas.

The governor of Kermanshah, Hushang Bazvand, decreed three days of official mourning and the closing of the schools until the normalization of the situation.

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Iran Mobilizes Forces to Help Earthquake Victims

Tehran, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) The Iranian authorities mobilized all their forces and facilities to help those affected by the earthquake on Sunday in the western part of the country, local media reported today.

President Hasan Rohani stressed that one hour after the earthquake, a crisis management center headed by Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli was set up to deal with recovery and rescue tasks.

All forces and facilities are mobilized to save lives and remove debris where victims may be found.

Rohani said that provisions were set in order to undertake as quickly as possible the search and rescue process for people who might be under the remains of buildings.

So far, the quake left a toll of some 413 deaths and more than 7,000 injured, according to the National Disaster Management Organization.

The tremor and its aftershocks shook 14 Iranian provinces and the first of these telluric movements of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale, was felt in almost all the Middle East, from Lebanon to Kuwait, according to specialized agencies.

A report by the US Geological Survey stated that the earthquake occurred at 20:18 Sunday, with an epicenter 32 kilometers southwest of Halabja, in the northeastern part of Iraq, and at a depth of 33.9 kilometers.

Shortly after the first earthquake, the American institute detected another of magnitude 4.5 on the same scale, in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iranian province of Kermanshah.

Some villages of that region of the Persian country suffered power cuts.

The Iranian Red Crescent, the Islamic Revolution Guardian Corps, and the Persian Army sent personnel to support the damaged people and areas.

The governor of Kermanshah, Hushang Bazvand, decreed three days of official mourning and the closing of the schools until the normalization of the situation.